Well, I own The Book Thief as a DTB, and it is great. So I voted for it. I also now have The Tipping Point, since something screwed up and I'm trying to read it before Whispernet returns it, like what should've happened.

Well, I own The Book Thief as a DTB, and it is great. So I voted for it. I also now have The Tipping Point, since something screwed up and I'm trying to read it before Whispernet returns it, like what should've happened.

I plan to try to participate in book club more often. Unless it is something that I don't want to read.

I voted for Tipping Point because it seems like something I should read, but would not. All of the books sound good, so I'll be happy with any of them.

I voted for Tipping Point also. It sounds interesting, but I wouldn't cry if Sh*t My Dad Says won, as that's another already on my to be read list.

I try to read all the winners, if only to expose myself to views and styles I might not read otherwise. The only month I haven't so far (since taking part in the Club) is that one month where we had a tie and it was decided to break up into two groups of readers rather than have a tie breaker. That month I began reading The Origin of Species, which lost fair and square.

Absolutely superb read. Its a dramatic retelling of the early days of World War 1. However, it reads almost like a soap opera with the author creating really vivid characters and situations, all very true to the actual events.

Even though we all know the outcome, the susoense is masterful and will keep you hooked. I'm a bit of a military history buff and found a real appeal in its non-technical, dramatic approach and I am sure anyone without such interests would still find it a cracking read.

Jon can select a book each month that we can read and discuss. What do you all think? Would it rival Oprah's Book Club? It would certainly be easier for "me" to run.

BOb

Wait. I know that you are making an ironic remark there. But it might be a good idea, if you keep also this Book Club going. In this case you would have more work, unless Jon runs his own Book Club. I like Jon and he knows a lot. He might have funny avatars (except the robot thing that ate Harry, that was genial), but maybe he will encounter the magic spheres like you did.

I voted for Eye of the Needle, have read (again just recently) the Tuchman offering three times. [Aside, The Guns of August is the only book of hers I´ve been able to find in any eBook format.]

Reading so much about the ¨classic¨ mystery writer, early this year I tried slogging through The Long Goodbye and found myself constantly changing to another book, wondering at Chandlerś highly touted skills.

Which brings me, Bob, to your interchange w/DixieGal and her comment about more frequent participation in the BookClub. I find it very hard to spend hours with a book that you don´t mind putting down to feed the dogs or cut the grass! Is not reading time too precious to be spent on books you can´t really get into when there are so many others to pull from the shelf? Saying this, I do say also that I´ve discovered many authors here on MR that I would never have thought to read that are now among those I watch for...just added The Book Thief on Calibre...but usually after a couple of chapters if it´s not clicking I don´t feel guilty moving on.
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I voted for Don't Sleep There Are Snakes because it seems a bit different from what I've been reading lately. I think I'll read it even if it's not chosen (which is looking like it might be the case!)

I read The Eye of the Needle a long time ago, and I still think it's one of the better Follett books. I've also read The Life of Pi. Loved that one! It's a very good choice if we want to have a lot of discussion afterward. It stuck with me for a while.

I bought The Book Thief a couple of months ago and started it, but I wasn't in the mood for it, I guess. I'll give it another shot if it wins.